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Name | Samantha Dodd | |||||||||||
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Languages | English | |||||||||||
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Occupation | Archivist | |||||||||||
Employer | University of Texas at Arlington | |||||||||||
High school | Cinco Ranch High School | |||||||||||
University | University of North Texas University of Texas at Arlington | |||||||||||
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I am an archivist working with rare books and historic documents related to Texas history. From 2011-2015 I worked in the collections and exhibits department at the Dallas Historical Society, and in 2016 I became the Special Collections archivist at the University of Texas at Arlington.[1] In 2017 I became the first archivist to complete the arrangement and description certificate program offered through the Society of American Archivists.[2][3]
Conflict of Interest Statement
editI, Doddsam09, am an employee of the University of Texas at Arlington.
I always strive to strictly abide by Wikipedia's accepted practices on conflicts of interest, neutrality, and notability. Therefore, I will not make substantive edits to articles related to the University as an agency, or its personnel. Instead, if I edit articles, they will be to contribute subject matter expertise, for example to improve articles about archival holdings
Editing Interests
edit- Local History Pages
- Notable Women in History
- Pop Culture
- Library and Information Science
- Ideas for pages: Berachah Home, Etta Hulme, Women in Cartoons, Archivist, Gambrells
Articles I have created
editEvents/Presentations
edit- Preserving HerStory in Texas: A Wikipedia Edit-a-thon, University of Texas art Arlington, 28 March 2018
- Becoming a Wikibrarian: An Introduction to Wikipedia Editing for Librarians and Archivists, Texas Library Annual Meeting, 4 April 2018
References
edit- ^ "UT Arlington Profiles: Samantha Michele Dodd". University of Texas at Arlington. 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Education Certificate Programs, Arrangement & Description (A&D), A&D Certificate Holders: Class of 2017". Society of American Archivists. 17 October 2017.
- ^ "Congratulations to Samantha Dodd, one of our first A&D Certificate holders!" (Press release). Society of American Archivists. 19 July 2017.
In the News
edit- "UTA’s new 38-degree vault will preserve film negatives 500 years", Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 3 October 2017.
- "Librarians Who Wikipedia: Course Participants Engage with Wikipedia for their Libraries", WebJunction, 30 November 2017.
- "HerStory Edit-a-thon aims to diversity content on Wikipedia", The Shorthorn. 28 March 2018